Contrary to popular beliefs, George Harrison was introduced to the sitar a while before meeting Pandit Ravi Shankar, even having played the instrument in the 1965 The Beatles‘ song Norwegian Wood.

The daughter of Ravi Shankar, a cross-cultural innovator who made Indian music popular throughout the world (his Western fans included a band called the Beatles), she first picked up the sitar at ...

Her dad happened to be Ravi Shankar, probably the best-known sitar player in the Western world thanks to his close relationship with Beatles guitarist George Harrison. Her “uncles” included ...

When George Harrison’s "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Les Paul was kidnapped in 1973, he called on his former sitar mentor Ravi Shankar to issue an appeal for its safe return, such was their ...

The former Steely Dan guitarist was required to borrow a Danelectro/Coral electric sitar for the job – but he was less than ...

Pandit Ravi Shankar. The audience was literally on its feet with respect and affection when with utmost reverence he played 'Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara' on sitar, giving his magical ...